美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-8-23_在线英语听力室

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1. More than 80,000 people have been told to evacuate¹ as a massive wildfire burns out of control east of Los Angles. The fire has already scorched² more than two dozens square miles and destroyed at least 12 buildings, some of them homes.

2. Republican presidential nominee³ Donald Trump⁴ is appealing for African American votes. Trump spoke⁵ near Milwaukee Tuesday night. He accused democratic Hillary Clinton of bigotry⁶ and being against the police.

3. Islamic State militants⁷ are blamed for suicide bombings in Libya. At least five people were killed and more than two dozens pro-government fighters were hurt.

4. Flood waters in Southern Louisiana are moving downstream and forcing more people from their homes. More than 30,000 people have been rescued from the floods since Friday.

Violet Ikonomova, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 scorched
烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )；使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯；高速行驶；枯焦
参考例句：
I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。 The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

3 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 bigotry
n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等
参考例句：
She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。 At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

7 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-8-23